Fan shares his explanation on why he stood up to racism at Fenway
A Boston man elaborated on why he stood up to another fan who used racial slur during a game at Fenway on Tuesday.
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In a post on Twitter, Calvin Hennick explained how he was attending the game with his 6-year-old son — his son’s first time at Fenway — and father-in-law when a man leaned over to him and used a variant of the N-word referring to a Kenyan woman who sang the national anthem.
The Boston resident said before the game, he’d spent the day “mentally defending” the city after Orioles center fielder Adam Jones had a bag of peanuts thrown at him while on the field the night before and been subjected to racist taunts from fans.
“I thought surely I’d misheard him,” Hennick said in his post. “This was the day after Fenway fans had made headlines for racism, and the man could plainly see me sitting with my black father-in-law and half-black son.”
Hennick said when he asked the man to repeat himself, he did and said he stood by his comment. Hennick reported the incident to security and the man, who denied using the slur to Red Sox staff, was ultimately banned permanently from the ballpark.
“When we see this sort of thing, we must fight back,” Hennick said. “Our opponent lacks a spine. There is no way for us not to win.”
Warning: The post includes offensive language.
https://twitter.com/CalvinHennick/status/859592965769109505
